Melky Cabrera was smack in the middle of a lively blip in the White Sox season, waving his arms with various inside-joke motions every time he reached base during the club's midseason offensive surge.
But like too much of what has been good in this Sox season, that hot streak didn't last long enough.
Entering Saturday's 8-2 victory over the Twins, the Sox left fielder's hitting has cooled off over the last month, and his contributions can be viewed as a sort of glass half-empty/half-full scenario moving forward for the team.
He showed how influential he can be when he goes on a roll.